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Blow Out

Turkish title: Patlama

“Murder has a sound all of its own.”

1981 · 1 h 48 min
Directed by Brian De Palma
CrimeDramaMystery

Cast

John Travolta Nancy Allen John Lithgow

Credits

Written by: Brian De Palma

Plot

Jack Terry, a sound recordist for low-budget horror films, is recording effects in a park at night when he hears a gunshot, followed by a car plunging into a river. He rescues a young woman, Sally, and realises that the dead man was a presidential candidate and that the crash was no accident. Brian De Palma's 1981 thriller, with John Travolta, is an homage to Antonioni's Blow-Up and Coppola's The Conversation.

Sinekatalog’s take

Brian De Palma's paranoid thriller turns a sound recordist into a detective. Stylish, tense and tragic, with a great John Travolta and an unforgettable ending, it is one of De Palma's best.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (78,896 votes)
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